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Joseph Joestar
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~ Joseph's catchphrase during Stardust Crusaders |
Background
Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of Part 2 and an ally in Part 3 and 4. He is the 2nd JoJo of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. He is also the second most recurring JoJo in the series after his grandson Jotaro Kujo and is one of its most well known characters.
Joseph is a natural-born Ripple user and eventual Stand user, wielding the psychic photographic Stand, Hermit Purple. Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and impressive ingenuity, battling Vampires, the Pillar Men, and malevolent Stand users.
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Credit to JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia Early Life
Joseph was born the son of George Joestar II and Elizabeth, establishing him as the grandson of Jonathan Joestar. When his mother was forced to go into hiding after killing his father's murderer, one of Dio Brando's surviving zombies, his grandmother Erina Joestar decided it would be best if he assumed his parents died, out of fear he might get caught up in the same fatal situation his father and grandfather suffered. It was then both Erina and Robert E. O. Speedwagon who took care of Joseph. The young Joseph developed early an ability to use the Ripple inherited from his grandfather, first displaying it when Speedwagon was being kidnapped. Battle Tendency (1938-39)
Joseph goes to Mexico in search of Speedwagon, revealed to be alive in a secret underground Nazi facility where the Nazis are trying to revive a man who seems to have been trapped in a stone pillar for 2,000 years. Here Joseph meets the Nazi Rudol von Stroheim. Unfortunately, the Nazis are successful in awakening the man, who is christened "Santana" before he kills most of them. Joseph battles Santana and manage to defeat him with Stroheim's help before he seemingly died. Before Stroheim dies, the Nazi reveals that three more "sleeping pillar men" have been discovered underneath the Colosseum in Rome and that Joseph must stop them and meet with an ally. In Rome, Joseph meets Caesar, a trained Ripple user near his age who is supposed to show Joseph the ropes. At first, they are unable to do anything but argue; Caesar blames Jonathan Joestar for causing the death of his grandfather Will Anthonio Zeppeli through his incompetence. Caesar brings a Nazi named Mark to drive them to the Colosseum, where they find the three pillar men, Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars, awakened. Mark is casually killed by Wamuu, enraging Caesar and causing the pair to fight him. Unfortunately, even with his American Ripple-Infused Clackers, the untrained Joseph is unable to stand a chance. Luckily, he manages to talk them out of killing him promising to train for a whole month for a rematch. To ensure that Joseph does not chicken out, Wamuu and Esidisi both end up inserting a "wedding ring" inside Joseph's heart and throat. They explain that the rings are internal time bombs set to release poison into his blood if he does not defeat them and retrieve the antidote they carry within a month. Joseph realizes that he will have to train or die, and Caesar introduces Joseph to his master Lisa Lisa, who also reveals that the motives of the pillar men are to seize the Red Stone of Aja to become perfect life forms. Ripple Training
Joseph finds Loggins murdered by Esidisi, who learned of the Super Aja in Lisa Lisa's possession. Denied his chance to pay back his teacher for the hell he went through, Joseph finds himself nearly outwitted by Esidisi before managing to defeat him with both his new skills and a sleight of hand strategy involving his wool hat. Joseph ingests the antidote in his opponent's nose ring, but doesn't realize that his attack only reduced Esidisi to a disembodied nervous system. Esidisi then takes over Suzi Q's body to mail the Red Stone to Kars in Switzerland while taking a last stand to deal with Joseph and the Ripple Users. Joseph and Caesar manage to safely force Esidisi out of Suzi Q by using opposing ripples and then watch as the Pillar Man is dissolved by the sunlight. Joseph mentions being impressed by Esidisi's resolve and loyalty, having gone so far to help Kars succeed. Lisa Lisa discovers that Esidisi sent the Aja to Switzerland, and the Joestar Group leaves Venice for the Alps. In Switzerland
The next day, the group discovers a likely hideout for the Pillar Men and Caesar is eager to go fight them. Joseph voiced being against going after Kars in daylight, sensing a trap. This result in Joseph saying words that drive Caesar off the edge as he leaves to do the job himself, Joseph learning his friend's story and changing his mind. However, by the time he and Lisa Lisa arrive, they see Caesar had already died fighting Wamuu and used the last of his strength to get the Pillar Man's lip ring. Out of respect for Caesar, Joseph decides to not take the antidote until he defeats Wamuu. Joseph and Lisa Lisa decide to pursue the likely wounded Wamuu inside the mansion. Joseph and Lisa Lisa find Kars and Wamuu but also find themselves outnumbered by Kars´s vampires. Lisa Lisa bluffs destroying the Super Aja unless the Pillar Men accept her terms to settle things in two one-on-one showdowns at the Skeleton Heel Stone arena. Sent to retrieve the stone, Joseph notices the photo of an infant with Erina, Speedwagon, and Straizo and confronts Lisa Lisa about it. She tells only half of the photo's significance before Joseph engages Wamuu in a deadly Roman chariot race-battle. Wamuu initially gets the upper hand, but Joseph still manages to counter his dangerous attacks and destroys Wamuu´s body with only his dissolving head. Joseph, in a sign of honor to the warrior, gave Wamuu some of his own blood to ease his pain before drinking the antidote to give his opponent peace of mind. Kars proves to be less honorable than Wamuu and breaks his promise to fight Lisa Lisa one-on-one and sacrifices one of his weaker vampires in order to defeat her. Angered by Kars' treachery, Joseph then challenges Kars, who looks upon him as a weak Ripple user and not even worth fighting seriously. All seems to be over in this fight against Kars until a newly rebuilt Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers, Speedwagon, and Smokey arrive to help. As the two fought on, Joseph is eventually given the decision to choose between his life or Lisa Lisa's, but is able to counter the whole situation and send Kars flying into the spike pit below. Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers blast Kars with ultraviolet light, but unknowingly gave him the light necessary for his Super Aja-embedded stone mask to trigger and transform him into the ultimate life form. Taking the Super Aja while running off, Joseph steals one of the Germans' airplanes to lead Kars away while devising a strategy to defeat him. Joseph then assumed he could kill Kars using the planet: namely crashing the plane with Kars on it into a volcano. Though it appears Kars is dead while sinking into the magma, the Pillar Man evolved a continuous and inorganic porous material to protect himself while digging his way out and slicing Joseph's arm off. When all seemed lost, Joseph unconsciously defends himself from Kars' enhanced Ripple by having the Super Aja redirect the attack into the ground. This causes an eruption that blasts the land the two fighters are on into the air, with Joseph distracting Kars long enough to be knocked out of Earth's orbit by debris. But gravity runs its course and Stroheim assumes Joseph dead at sea near Italy. Back Home
Pre-Stardust Crusaders (1942-87)
Manifesting his Stand Hermit Purple at the age 65, Joseph would learn that Dio Brando resurfaced after being last heard of in 1889. Joseph is further livid to learn that his Stand manifested because of DIO, who succeeded in taking the body of Jonathan Joestar. Joined by Muhammad Avdol who helped him understand the nature of the Stands, Joseph spent the next few years attempting to track down DIO to no avail. In 1987, Joseph is called by Holy who needs his expertise in an "evil spirit" that his possessing her son Jotaro Kujo. Joseph arrives to the JFK Airport where he bumps into a Japanese man. While he initially apologized for bumping into him, Joseph realized the man's nationality and kicks him. Joseph then subsequently explains his hatred of the Japanese due to one marrying his daughter and convincing her to move to Japan. In contrast, Joseph is content with his Japanese-made Sony Walkman and after putting his headphones on, he boards the plane to Japan. Stardust Crusaders (1987-88)
A few days later, to Joseph's horror, Holy's own Stand manifest and begins to slowly kill her due to lack of fighting spirit. The only means to save Holy within the next fifty days is to find and kill DIO to break his link to the Joestar line. Jotaro's Stand, later named Star Platinum, deduces a fly in the background of one Hermit Purple's photographs depicting DIO. Joseph contacts the Speedwagon Foundation to care for Holy after Avdol confirmed the fly to be native to Egypt as the group are joined by Kakyoin as they leave the airport. But in-flight encounter with DIO's homicidal assassin Gray Fly results in deaths of the pilots as Joseph is forced to take the wheel and manages to successfully land it 35 km off the coast of Hong Kong. The group later enter the city and discussed their status over a meal. With Joseph's suggestion to ensure a path where there be less risks for civilians, the group decides to take a sea route through the Indian Sea that should get them to Egypt within 50 days. After ordering the group delicacies by mistake due to his inability to read Kanji, they find the french tourist Jean Pierre Polnareff who joined their meal to be another of DIO's assassins. Following the duel between Avdol and Polnareff, the latter is refused to be controlled by a Flesh Bud, the Frenchman confronts Joseph at the dock about his prosthetic hand before joining the group in both their quest and his own agenda. At sea
Singapore
Terror in India
Pakistan
Arabia
Joseph and his companions stop by a village and buy a Cessna in order to fly across the desert, with a baby. However, Kakyoin has a nightmare in the middle of the flight and becomes so agitated Joseph crashes. Although everyone survives, they are stranded in the desert. Kakyoin, suspicious of the baby, is knocked down and everyone goes to sleep, where they are attacked by Death Thirteen. Fortunately, Kakyoin manages to defeat the Stand as he summoned Hierophant Green. He does not remember due to Death 13's powers and feeds Mannish Boy food, which unbeknownst to him has poop in it. The Red Sea
Egypt
Kakyoin and Avdol are given to the care of local doctors, and although Jotaro is acting strange, nothing unusual happens. Joseph is attacked by Mariah and her Stand Bastet and becomes magnetized alongside Avdol. Having every metallic object attracted to them is a huge handicap, but Joseph manages to surround Mariah with Avdol and uses her power to his advantage by having himself and Avdol collide with each other, crushing Mariah. After receiving a call from the Speedwagon Foundation, Joseph informs everyone that Holy had only four or five days left to live. In order to speed things up, they then take a train from Luxor to Cairo. Egypt: Cairo
During several days, Joseph's search continues, but it is Iggy who guides everyone toward DIO's Mansion. Battle in Dio's Mansion
Not out of the cellar yet, Joseph, Kakyoin and Jotaro notice that another battle is taking place as they try to escape. Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin meet Nukesaku, a vampire, and bully him into indicating where DIO is. They decide to flank DIO from the outside of the building, breaking through a wall to enter a second time, and interrupt Polnareff and DIO's clash. Joseph alongside everyone follows Nukesaku to the room where DIO sleeps, but Nukesaku somehow is teleported inside a the coffin in the middle of the room, and Joseph, sniffing an ambush, flees through a window with the rest of the party. As the sun sets, Joseph decides that they flee because fighting the vampire without the slightest hint of his power is suicidal. He and Kakyoin flee first whereas Polnareff and Jotaro wait in ambush in order to follow DIO. The Final Battle
However Kakyoin devises a plan to force DIO to use his power openly. DIO stops time, taking everyone by surprises and punches through Kakyoin. However Kakyoin manages to tip off Joseph about the true nature of The World. Joseph manages to decipher the cryptic message Kakyoin leaves in regards to DIO's power and even figures out some of The World's weaknesses, but DIO is too strong anyway. Joseph is stabbed through the throat and taken out as he meets with Jotaro and warns him against The World. Later DIO sucks the entirety of Joseph's blood to power himself up, and Joseph seemingly dies, his specter talking one last time to Jotaro, who manages to kill DIO. The Long Journey Ends
Later, Jotaro and Joseph took the remainder DIO's body outside, where it evaporated with the rising sun. They then gave one final moment of thought for Kakyoin, Iggy, and Avdol. At the airport, Joseph and Jotaro gave a final goodbye to Polnareff, who was finally ready to return to his home country of France. Joseph asks Polnareff to come with him to America, knowing that the latter had no one waiting for him back home. Polnareff refused the offer, stating that despite being alone, France was his homeland. The trio gave their final goodbyes and left, promising to see one another again someday. In Japan, Holy awoke fully healed and freed from the curse. Even miles away, she knew her son and father were coming home. Post Stardust Crusaders
During this time he gained a great-granddaughter named Jolyne Cujoh, but it is unknown if they have interacted with each other. Joseph also learns of the illegitimate son from his fling with Tomoko Higashikata, who kept the child's existence a secret until he was 16 years of age. As Suzi Q got upset that he was unfaithful to her, Joseph added Josuke to his will. When Joseph attempted to use his Stand to get a picture of Josuke, he discovers an ominous figure in the photos instead, prompting Jotaro to go to Morioh to investigate. Diamond is Unbreakable (1999)
On the way to Josuke's house, Joseph and Josuke discover an "invisible baby" which turns out to be a Stand User. As the two are unable to see it, they decide to travel to a baby store and purchase clothing and supplies (unbeknownst to Josuke, Joseph spends most of his money). There's a brief bonding period between the two before the baby begins to cry and go out of control from a lack of mother. When the baby's carriage becomes invisible as well and rolls down a hill into a pond, Josuke panics about not being able to locate the baby in the water and blames Joseph for the situation. Joseph, however, cuts himself to stain the water with his blood, thus allowing Josuke to find the baby. He says he did it because he wanted to make Josuke proud. Throughout the rest of the part, Joseph is seen taking care of the baby and travelling with Josuke to places around town. At one point, he comes across a sulking Yukako and gives her advice on how to get Koichi to be interested in her, particularly by visiting Aya's Salon. Later that day, Joseph and Josuke decide to head to Kameyu department store, where they eventually meet up with Yukako, Rohan and Koichi and his family. At the store, a flash from Rohan's camera causes the baby to cry, forcing Joseph to run out of the building, but not before bumping Koichi into Yukako's arms. By the end, Joseph adopts the baby and names her Shizuka - this, however, leads to further conflict with his wife Suzi Q, who believes the baby to be another "secret child". When he and Jotaro leave Morioh, Joseph assures the latter that the people of the town have "hearts of gold", and that Josuke and his friends will be able to handle any future threat. Josuke himself sees Joseph off, though he ends up stealing his wallet using Crazy Diamond's power. Stone Ocean (2012)
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Statistics
Key: Pre-Hamon Training | Post-Hamon Training | Stardust Crusaders
Tier: 10-A, 9-C with Tommy Gun, 9-B with Rage Power | 9-B. 7-B Environmental Destruction with Red Aja Stone | 10-A, 9-B with Hamon. Unknown with Hermit Purple
Name: Joseph Joestar, JoJo (Nickname)
Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Sex: Male
Age: 18 in Battle Tendency (Joseph is stated to be 18 and was born on September 27th, 1920. Even though Battle Tendency starts in 1938 and ends in 1939, Joseph would still be 18 as Battle Tendency takes place over the course of 6 months), 69 during Stardust Crusaders (Noted during Stardust Crusaders that it's been 100 years since the end of Phantom Blood, which ended in the year 1889, making the year 1989 and Joseph 69 years old), 79 during Diamond is Unbreakable (Noted to be officially 79 years old), 90 during Stone Ocean (If he's still alive, he would be 90 by this point as Stone Ocean ends in March 21st, 2012)
Classification: Human, Joestar, Hamon User, Stand User
Status: Unknown likely Alive (The fate of Joseph is unknown in part 6, with Araki noting he's "likely still alive, albeit a little dumber.")
Alignment: Chaotic Good (Defended a poor black kid from a racist cop, though is a naturally sadistic person, despite this Joseph will always do the morally right decision, even while beaten and battered, lured Wamuu away from Caesar Zeppeli and Speedwagon so they could be safe)
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Athlete level (Easily overpowered a police officer and caused him to bleed with a single punch. Easily overpowered a giant brute while running away from Straizo), Peak Human level with Tommy Gun, Wall level+ with Rage Power (When Joseph loses control of his temper he instinctively activates Hamon, allowing him to do things like easily break a police officer's finger with a bottle cap. Could fight and harm Straizo with his Hamon amplified gun attack if his scarf wasn't a natural lightning rod, who can grip a stone wall with enough force to crack it and burrow his fingers within metal. Straizo is also a vampire that is superior to Dio Brando. Dio can casually burrow his fingers within brick, cut several policemen in half, bend and snap a thick iron spear with ease, casually break through the wall through just walking on it, smash through the Joestar mansion's roof, break the bones of an enraged Jonathan Joestar, who can stab a spear into a stone wall and break a stone wall by kicking it, causally burrow his fingers within stone, dig through a stone pillar, crush a metal cross and was noted to be five times stronger than the combined power of Pre-Deep Pass Overdrive Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli, the latter of who can spilt a rock in half and destroy brick. Jonathan notes Dio is on a completely different level then himself during the fire. Dio is also stronger than his Stardust Crusaders self, who can redirect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash with enough force to destroy the roof of a car and with enough force to create an explosion of this level of energy, along with being able to punch Jean Pierre Polnareff with enough force to send him flying into a wall destroying it in the process. Dio is superior to his minions, who can throw a wagon with enough force to destroy the roof of a tunnel. Dio should be superior to newly formed vampires and devolving vampires, who can break stone floors, punch large carters into walls which requires this much energy to do, and break stone walls by punching small dogs at them) | Wall level+ (Trained to the point where he could passively emit his Hamon). City level Environmental Destruction with Red Aja Stone (The Red Aja Stone's Hamon energy made an entire volcano eruption climax, with volcanoes reaching energy levels of around 24 megatons) | Athlete level (No longer uses Hamon passively, and seems to only really be able to use overdrive), Wall level+ with Hamon. Unknown with Hermit Purple (Hermit Purple is not directly a fighting stand and more so an information gathering one)
Durability: Athlete level, Wall level+ with Rage Power | Wall level+ (Trained to the point where he could passively emit his Hamon, making him able to casually block a knife stab with just a finger) | Athlete level, Wall level+ with Hamon. Unknown with Hermit Purple
Striking Strength: Athlete Class, Wall Class+ with Rage Power | Wall Class+ | Athlete Class, Wall Class+ with Hamon. Unknown with Hermit Purple
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human, Superhuman with Rage Power (Should be comparable to Jonathan Joestar who can pull back and lift Tarkus who is far bigger than the average human, break off a steal chain, and lift and anvil) | Superhuman | Superhuman
Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Was able to run a long distance in a short timeframe) | Superhuman (His Hamon training allowed him to briefly keep up with Kars who should be faster then Vampire Dio who was noted to have the speed of a leopard, who moves around 36 mph. Should be comparable to Will Anthonio Zeppeli who can disappear from Jonathan Joestar's sight and then appear Infront of him) | Superhuman
Combat Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Was capable of tagging Straizo, a vampire that is superior to Dio Brando)| Massively Hypersonic, Speed of Light with Red Stone Aja (With Red Stone Aja, a stone that shoots out at light speed) | High Hypersonic
Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Dodged and blocked Straizo's Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, an attack that can reach the clouds within a short amount of time at these speeds) | Massively Hypersonic | High Hypersonic (Blocked an attack from Sliver Chariot who can tag DIO who can tag Star Platinum, who's weaker self was able to stop time to dodge an attack from Crazy Diamond, who is able to block tank fire and bullets from Bad Company which was calculated at these speeds)
Stamina: Superhuman (Went through training where he had to do things such as easily run for a hundred kilometers while wearing a mask that if his breathing goes awry once, he will suffocate)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Clackers and Hamon (Hamon users can use their Hamon to extend their limbs), Several Meters with Boomerang Clackers, Tens of Meters with Grenades (Caused explosions that spanned this wide), Hundreds of Meters with Tommy Gun & Red Stone of Aja | Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with Hermit Purple (Hermit Purple reaches farther then Star Platinum which maximum range is ten meters), Planetary with Spirit Photography (Hermit Purple can gather information about people far away, through technology such as cameras, allowing Joseph to spy on Dio with this ability)
Intelligence: Genius (Could tell from a crooks dominant hand which pocket he held the brass knuckles in, could tell what he'd say next, and then easily read his movements. Tricked Straizo by having him attack a mirror instead of Joseph himself, catching him off guard allowing him to attack him. Could quickly throw a grenade and leave several on one's back without them noticing. Figured out a way after seeing it be used once to counter Space Ripper Stingy Eyes. Tricked a Nazi general by making it look like he was trying to attack him when he was realistically going for the cactus to cause the Hamon to explode on it. Tricked Santana into jumping into a well being hit with full sunlight from both sides. Tricked Wammu into not killing him through manipulating his warrior's pride. Calculated the momentum of being launched to allow him to get past the oil barrier and get to the top of the surface. Was able to control his Hamon in just three days. Joseph's fighting style has him get a read on his opponent and using their mind against them. Noted to be a genius trickster)
Powers and Abilities
All previous powers and abilities, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Improved Martial Arts (Fully mastered Hamon and by extension mastered Sendo), Energy Projection (With Red Aja stone, shoots out an energy beam)
Standard Equipment
- American Clackers: In order to come up with a special attack, Joseph invented a fighting style that involved infusing the Ripple into a pair of normal American Clackers. Once infused, the Clackers become a lethal weapon, as the user is able to rip through an opponent's skin using them, and from there the Ripple can enter the body, thus inflicting massive damage. Because of their shape and aerodynamic design, someone who is trained in the Clackers' use is able to easily maneuver them around their body, even having the ability to make them seemingly disappear by hiding them behind their back.
- Bottle Cap: He used Ripple to pop the cap off of a cola bottle at a corrupt police officer and two tequila bottles' corks against a pair of Nazi soldiers, in the form of high speed projectiles.
- Tommy Gun: He used a Tommy gun to shoot Straizo and then strike him with the stock charged with the Ripple. This was followed by secretively attaching a grenade to Straizo's scarf, the pin of which was attached by strings to the pins of several other grenades Joseph had managed to plant on Straizo's back.
- Wool Hat: He used the yarn of a wool hat (which is highly conductive of the Ripple) to form a net underneath the spike-filled arena to use against Esidisi.
- Sledgehammer: He wielded a large sledgehammer in the chariot race against Wamuu, which he slathered in oil to improve its conduction of the Ripple. Joseph also used a heavy crossbow to fire a Ripple-charged iron ball at the wall of the arena, where it rode around the entire wall before launching off and hitting Wamuu from behind.
- Hermit Purple: Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both a weapon and a hazardous defense. Furthermore, it has been shown to conduct the Ripple, which makes Hermit Purple one of the more effective Stands against those weak to it such as Vampires. Joseph develops the Stand after DIO pierces Jonathan's body with the Arrow, upon which it responded to DIO and Enya awakening The World, at the same time influencing the whole Joestar family, which also granted them stands.
Notable Techniques
- Ripple: Joseph inherited the Ripple and its capabilities from his grandfather, Jonathan Joestar, as well as his mother, Lisa Lisa. In addition, he uses techniques commonly present in stage magic to confuse his foes. After his Ripple training, Joseph frequently combines his Ripple with other objects to perform complex and creative attacks. Later in Part 3, he shows that he is able to pass the Ripple through his Stand, Hermit Purple. However, as he grew older, due to neglecting his Ripple training, he became unable to do the same things he was capable of when he was younger and ended up aging at a relatively normal pace. Aside from his intelligence and slight of hand, Joseph also possessed arguably superhuman physicality. His build and physique undoubtedly contributed to this, but it is more likely that the bulk of his physicality came from his natural affinity for the Ripple, and later his extensive training in its use. He demonstrated humanly impossible strength and speed on a number of occasions. During his fight with Straizo, he was able to dodge a point blank blast from the the vampire's Space Ripper Stingy Eye attack, and on several occasions was able to hold his own in hand to hand combat with the Pillar Men. His strength, while enhanced with the Ripple, was enough to overpower Kars and shatter one of his arm blades, and stop Esidisi's hand with one finger. During his battle with the Pillar Men, Joseph had demonstrated several techniques similar to his grandfather's.
- American Clackers: In order to come up with a special attack, Joseph invented a fighting style that involved infusing the Ripple into a pair of normal American Clackers. Once infused, the Clackers become a lethal weapon, as the user is able to rip through an opponent's skin using them, and from there the Ripple can enter the body, thus inflicting massive damage. Because of their shape and aerodynamic design, someone who is trained in the Clackers' use is able to easily maneuver them around their body, even having the ability to make them seemingly disappear by hiding them behind their back.
- Clacker Volley: Joseph chucks the Clackers into his opponent's direction. This can be done a number of ways, but to produce the best and most surprising effect, he can hide them behind his back. From there, Joseph can slingshot them from behind his back at the enemy in all directions.
- Clacker Boomerang: Joseph throws both pairs of Clackers into a beam or pillar behind the opponent. This is in order to fool them into assuming he missed. One is thrown into the partition, causing one side of it to be lodged in place. The other side grabs onto the second pair of Clackers, and essentially flings them back towards the opponent from behind, much like how a boomerang works.
- Spirit Photography: One of its special abilities (shared with Jonathan's stand ) is to use cameras, televisions and other things to perform a form of fortune telling referred to as spirit photography. When introduced, it was demonstrated that he had to smash an expensive Polaroid camera to do this, and the camera would dispense a picture of DIO. Later on he is seen using televisions for this ability without having to damage them.
Other
Standard Tactics: Joseph's fighting style has him get a read on his opponent and using their mind against them. He will in conjunction use his Hamon with clackers or other weapons and attacks along with surveying his environment to fight his opponent.
Weaknesses: Hamon requires breathing, thus getting short of breath or having damage to the lungs will make Hamon less able to be used. Joseph cannot fight against those he can't get a read on.
Trivia
- As an Englishman, he is famous for often saying various phrases in English. His catchphrases include "OH! NO!" (Used both in Part 2 and Part 3) and "Oh! My! God!" (used in Part 3 and Part 4) as a few examples.
- In part 3, Joseph is mistakenly called American by some characters, despite being British. This is due to the fact that Joseph was traveling through countries in Asia, and it is common that most people who do not speak English do not know the accent differences of the different dialects of the English language.
- A running gag in Part 3 has Joseph lose parts of his prosthetic hand, or even the hand itself, when enemies attack him, but later appearing with it intact without any definite explanation.
- Joseph is a name of Hebrew origin (the original version of the name is Yosef) that can mean "He will add", "Taken away" or "Praise, Fame taken away". The name can be transliterated in katakana as ジョセフ (Josefu).
- Joseph has survived four plane crashes (two in Part 2 and two in Part 3); this was brought up twice throughout Part 3.
- Joseph is the only person to be able to use both Ripple and have a Stand of his own.
- According to Straizo, non-organic objects can only conduct Ripple if the user is touching them. Despite this, Joseph managed to maintain non-organic objects imbued with Ripple after they left his hands on two separate occasions: during his initial fight with Wamuu, with his clackers, and during his final fight with Wamuu, with the metal ball ammunition for his crossbow.
- Joseph, out of all the JoJos, had lived the longest life to date.
References
- ↑ Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency Chapter 53
- ↑ Weekly Shonen 「」 (JOJO冒險 荒木飛呂彥100問專訪); Q75, April 5, 2003
Battle Records
None.
- Keys: Joestar had their latest Keys from their respective parts and Volume 1-6 Key was used for Ruby.
- Conditions: Gauntlet, Ruby does not take a break in between fights, and speed equalized.
- Location: SBA
- Restrictions: None.
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